Английские легенды / The English Legends - стр. 3

Uther did as Merlin said. He called Sir Ector, and granted him great rewards. Sir Ector swore to do as the king told him. When the child was born, Uther commanded two knights and two ladies to bring the child, bound in a cloth of gold, through the back door of the castle and give him to the poor man they meet outside. So the child was brought to Merlin, and Merlin took him to Sir Ector and brought a priest to christen the child, and he called him Arthur.

And Sir Ector’s wife nourished the child as her own.

I. Выберите верный вариант:

a) Why did the duke of Tintagil and Igraine leave king Uther’s keep?

1. Because they didn’t like the food.

2. Because they didn’t want Uther to dishonour Igraine.

3. Because they didn’t want to stay for too long.

4. Because they were afraid of the war.

b) What was the lords’ advice to king Uther?

1. To send messengers to ask the duke to come back to Uther.

2. To declare a war to the duke and lay siege to his castles.

3. To send knights to catch the duke and Igraine midway and bring them back by force.

4. To come to the castle of Tintagil at night, dressed as the duke.

c) Where did the Duke of Tintagil put his wife for the time of war, and where did he go himself?

1. He put Igraine to the castle of Tintagil, and himself to the castle of Terrabil.

2. He put Igraine to the castle of Terrabil, and himself to the castle of Tintagil.

3. He stayed with Igraine in the castle of Tintagil.

4. He stayed with Igraine in the castle of Terrabil.

d) How did the Duke of Tintagil die?

1. He fought with King Uther and was killed by him.

2. He went out to fight the siege while Uther was away and got killed.

3. He died from sickness after a peasant shot him with a crossbow.

4. He was killed by a spell that Merlin put on him.

e) When Merlin made a deal with Uther during the siege, what did he ask to do with the future child of Uther and Igraine?

1. He asked that the child be given out to a poor man outside the back door of the castle.

2. He asked that the child be christened and named Arthur, and then named the prince of England.

3. He asked that the child be killed as soon as it was born.

4. He asked that the child be given to him to nourish.

f) How did Merlin make Uther have what he wanted?

1. He made him look like the Duke of Tintagil and brought him to the castle of Tintagil at night.

2. He put a spell on the Duke of Tintagil that killed him, and then arranged a marriage between the King and Igraine.

3. He put the guards at the castle of Tintagil to sleep with his magic and sneaked Uther in.